单词 | public statute |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic statute public statute n. = public act n. (a). ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > affecting community at large public bill1579 public act1598 Corporation Act1679 public statute1739 1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles xxviii. 895 It was a thing of it selfe daungerous among the Romanes, to professe the Christian faithe and Religion, which during the raigne of Tiberius..was condemned by publike statute and decree. 1659 P. Heylyn Examen Historicum 290 I represented many passages in it, disagreeable to the Laws of God and his Church, and repugnant to the publick Statutes of Parliament.] 1739 J. Cay (title) An abridgment of the publick statutes in force and use from Magna Charta..to the eleventh year of his present Majesty King George II. inclusive. 1856 L. S. Cushing Lex Parliamentaria Americana 818 The preamble of a public statute recites the inconvenience which proposes to remedy. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 828/1 The public statutes of the United States are to be found in the Revised Statutes of 1873. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 2 Apr. 16 According to a 1993 decision in another commons case, rights over land could not be acquired by conduct prohibited by public statute. < as lemmas |
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